article author: SHEHAB SUMONAuthor: Mon, 2026-01-26 15:21DHAKA: As Bangladesh prepares for the first election since the ouster of its long-serving ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, only 4 percent of the registered candidates are women, as more than half of the political parties did not field female candidates.The vote on Feb. 12 will bring in new leadership after an 18-month rule of the caretaker administration that took control following the student-led uprising that ended 15 years in power of Hasina’s Awami League party.Main category: World

In Bangladesh, as the country prepares for its first election since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, only 4% of the registered candidates are women. This follows an 18-month caretaker administration period and comes despite a previous agreement for at least 5% female candidates. The election on February 12 will see nearly 128 million voters, but the low percentage of female candidates reflects the deeply patriarchal structure of party politics in Bangladesh.

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